Media Rundown: Brooklyn in the News for May 22
Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO
- Celebrating a New Pier While Debating Park’s Uses [New York Times]
- Read Heights Preservation Leaders’ History of Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brooklyn Heights Blog and Brooklyn Eagle]
- DOT to lovebirds: Quit locking up the Brooklyn Bridge [Brokelyn via ABC News]
- Brooklyn Heights Parakeet Returns Home After 11-Day Search [DNAInfo]
Park Slope, South Slope, & Windsor Terrace
- Owner of Kim’s Grocery on 7th Ave retires after 30 years, shop being renovated under new ownership [Park Slope Stoop]
- Pork Slope’s New Summer Menu Looks Amazing [BK Mag]
- City Beaches Open Memorial Day & NYC Beach Bus Will Take You There From Park Slope [Park Slope Stoop]
- “Kale Chips” Graffiti is Sweeping the Neighborhood [FiPS]
Williamsburg & Greenpoint
- Motorcyclist dies on Williamsburg Bridge when he clips pillar, gets thrown from bike [Daily News]
- Revealed: 170 South 1st Street Renderings [NY YIMBY]
- Lost Dog Found in Greenpoint–Local Blog Seeks the Owner [Greenpointers]
- Greenpoint Landing Changes Hands, Could Expand [The Real Deal]
- Swarm of 24K Bees Removed From Williamsburg Street [DNAInfo]
Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights & Fort Hamilton:
- Case Against Congressman Grimm To Include Texts, E-mails And Turncoat Testimony [Bensonhurst Bean]
- Bay Ridge civic superhero passes on [Brooklyn Courier]
- Car wars! Ridgites say livery cabs are taking over block [Brooklyn Courier]
Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
- Interfaith Lost $5 Million in April [Crain’s Health Pulse]
- The Interactive Bushwick Open Studios Map Is Here [BK Mag]
- Bushwick Open Studios: The Lowdown [The L Mag]
- “Montana’s Trailhouse” Opening in Bushwick Next Week [Bushwick Daily and Bedford + Bowery]
- “Statement Socks” in Bushwick [New York Times]
Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, & Sheepshead Bay
- Three Injured In Car Vs. Motorcycle Accident On 15th Avenue [Bensonhurst Bean]
- Check Out This Revealing Exchange Between Senators Savino, Golden On Medical Marijuana [Sheepshead Bites]
Borough Park & Sunset Park
- Sunset Park to host first all-women pro wrestling show [Brooklyn Courier]
- Home Decor Ruby Beets Dives Into Sunset Park [New York Times]
Brighton Beach, Coney Island, & Sea Gate
- Sources say Cymbrowitz in plot to privatize Brighton’s beach [Brooklyn Courier]
Brownsville, Carnarsie, & East New York
- Motorcycle crash with MTA bus in Canarsie [News12]
- Deadly Accidents Plague Canarsie [Canarsie Courier]
Clinton Hill & Fort Greene
- “Why I Make Art”: Talking to Local Artists on the SONYA Art Walk [The Nabe]
- Despite a fusty first impression, “The Runner” in Clinton Hill is a gem [The L Mag]
- Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Unanimously Backs Park Avenue Safety Fixes [Streets Blog NYC]
- Poll: Should New York City Bars Ban Children? [Wall Street Journal]
Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, & Boerum Hill
- LICH to remain open until next month [News12]
- LICH ER stays open as deal with Peebles a ‘whisper away’ [Brooklyn Eagle]
Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, & Lefferts Gardens
- Toddler dies after fall from window in Crown Heights [News12]
Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, & Midwood
- Major Child Porn Crackdown Includes Arrest of Kensington Rabbi [Failed Messiah and The Daily Beast]
Gowanus & Red Hook
- Lightstone Agrees to Push Back Pile-Driving Start Time to 8am [Gowanus Your Face Off via DNAInfo]
Borough-Wide
- Local Subway Changes For the Long Weekend [KensingtonBK and Ditmas Park Corner]
- 71 people, including 17 from Brooklyn, arrested in child porn bust [News12]
- “And Now It’s A F*cking Froyo Place” Artfully Captures NYC’s Relentless Gentrification [Gothamist]
- JPMorgan Welcome in Brooklyn, But Not Through a Bidding War with NJ [Daily News]
- Fury at politicians who curbed cops now crying foul at crime spike [NY Post]
- Brooklyn Prominent in Village Voice’s Guide to “A Very New York Summer” [Village Voice]
Courts
- Couples confront ReBar owner who ‘stole’ wedding deposits [NY Post]
- Brooklyn man goes on trial for beating wife to death over meal mix-up [Daily News]
Miscellaneous
- More Love For Brooklyn Musician Sharon Van Etten [Stereogum]
- Brooklyn Rapper Mos Def, Living in South Africa, Barred From Returning For U.S. Tour [Daily News]
- Salary of $90K Needed to Buy a Home in NYC [The Real Deal]
- New iPhone app Tunnel Vision brings the New York City subway map to life [Metro]